| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 1 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 6 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 5 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 2 |
| Hampshire | 11 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 13 |
| Lancashire | 2 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 58 |
| Middlesex | 9 |
| Northumberland | 7 |
| Norfolk | 13 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4 |
| Oxfordshire | 5 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 18 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 1 |
| Warwickshire | 0 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 7 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 1 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 20 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 11 |
| Farm Labourer | 5 |
| Ag Lab | 5 |
| Servant | 3 |
| Sawyer | 3 |
| Scholar At Home | 3 |
| Coal Miner | 2 |
| At Home | 2 |
| Domestic Servant | 2 |
| Out Of Employment | 2 |
| House Servant | 2 |
| Ag Labourer | 2 |
| Assistant Draper | 1 |
| Fitter | 1 |
| Architectural Draughtsman | 1 |
| Assistant Grocer | 1 |
| Book Binder | 1 |
| Book Folder | 1 |
| Brass Finisher | 1 |
| Clock Maker | 1 |
| Dress Maker | 1 |
| Miner | 1 |
| Chain Maker | 1 |
| Woollen Manufacturer | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Purdey | 108 |
| Mary Purdey | 103 |
| John Purdey | 100 |
| George Purdey | 71 |
| James Purdey | 64 |
| Elizabeth Purdey | 61 |
| Sarah Purdey | 59 |
| Thomas Purdey | 52 |
| Charles Purdey | 38 |
| Henry Purdey | 32 |
| Jane Purdey | 32 |
| Ann Purdey | 30 |
| Ellen Purdey | 29 |
| Robert Purdey | 26 |
| Eliza Purdey | 24 |
| Emily Purdey | 23 |
| Joseph Purdey | 23 |
| Florence Purdey | 19 |
| Alfred Purdey | 18 |
| Frederick Purdey | 18 |
| Emma Purdey | 16 |
| Richard Purdey | 15 |
| Annie Purdey | 14 |
| Hannah Purdey | 12 |
| Kate Purdey | 12 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdy | 83% | 11,570 |
| 2 | Preedy | 50% | 3,668 |
| 3 | Pardy | 67% | 2,760 |
| 4 | Purdey | 100% | 1,496 |
| 5 | Purdie | 67% | 1,489 |
| 6 | Priday | 50% | 1,110 |
| 7 | Purday | 83% | 727 |
| 8 | Pardey | 83% | 679 |
| 9 | Pready | 33% | 451 |
| 10 | Prudy | 50% | 415 |
| 11 | Prady | 50% | 406 |
| 12 | Pruday | 50% | 388 |
| 13 | Pridey | 67% | 117 |
| 14 | Predy | 50% | 112 |
The surname Purdey is the 4th most popular variant of Purdy.